Patents by Inventor Katsutoshi Ozaki
Katsutoshi Ozaki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240172562Abstract: A piezoelectric base material includes an elongated inner conductor, and a piezoelectric layer covering a periphery of the inner conductor. The piezoelectric layer includes a piezoelectric yarn wound around the inner conductor, and an adhering section that maintains a state in which the piezoelectric yarn is wound around the periphery of the inner conductor. The piezoelectric yarn includes an optically active polypeptide fiber that is a fiber including an optically active polypeptide. The piezoelectric layer has an elastic modulus Y of from 1.0 GPa to 8.0 GPa as measured by a microhardness measurement in accordance with JIS Z 2255.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Nobuhiro MARUKO, Shigetaka HORI, Katsutoshi OZAKI, Shunya MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20230363282Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a first piezoelectric sensor having a first inner conductor, a first piezoelectric body, and a first outer conductor, a second piezoelectric sensor having a second inner conductor, a second piezoelectric body, and a second outer conductor, and a differential signal forming unit having a pair of differential input terminals. When an external force acts on the first piezoelectric body, the first piezoelectric sensor generates a first voltage, and the second piezoelectric sensor generates a second voltage having a voltage different in polarity from the first voltage. The first inner conductor is electrically connected to one differential input terminal. The second inner conductor is electrically connected to the other differential input terminal. The differential signal forming unit forms a differential signal based on a first signal input to the one differential input terminal and a second signal input to the other differential input terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Nobuhiro MARUKO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Katsutoshi OZAKI
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Publication number: 20220408765Abstract: A wheat bran composition of the invention contains a white wheat as a raw material, wherein the wheat bran composition has a dietary fiber content of 43 mass % or greater and a glucide content of 18 mass % or less. The invention also provides a method for producing a wheat bran composition, involving pulverizing grains of a white wheat to obtain a wheat bran composition having a dietary fiber content of 43 mass % or greater and a glucide content of 18 mass % or less. The invention also provides a premix containing the wheat bran composition. The invention also provides a method for producing a processed food involving using the wheat bran composition as a raw material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicants: NISSHIN FLOUR MILLING INC., Nisshin Seifun Welna Inc., Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.Inventors: Koji MURAKAMI, Katsutoshi OZAKI, Koji ISHIZUKA, Hitomi NISHITSUJI, Satomi NOZAKI
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Publication number: 20170317268Abstract: A polymeric piezoelectric film including an optically active helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, wherein: a crystallinity obtained by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%; a standardized molecular orientation MORc measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter based on a reference thickness of 50 ?m is from 3.5 to 15.0; and in a waveform measured with an inline film thickness meter and representing a relationship between a position in a width direction on the film and a thickness of the film, a number of peaks A is 20 or less per 1,000 mm of a film width, wherein the peaks A have a peak height of 1.5 ?m or more and a peak slope of 0.000035 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Keisuke SATO, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Koji OTA, Katsutoshi OZAKI, Katsuki ONISHI
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Publication number: 20170301854Abstract: Provided is a polymeric piezoelectric film including a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and having optical activity, in which a crystallinity of the film measured by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%, a product of a standardized molecular orientation MORc measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter based on a reference thickness of 50 ?m and the crystallinity is from 40 to 700, and, when a refractive index in a slow axis direction in the film surface is nx, a refractive index in a fast axis direction in the film surface is ny, a refractive index in a thickness direction of the film is nz, and an Nz coefficient=(nx?nz)/(nx?ny), the Nz coefficient is from 1.108 to 1.140.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Katsutoshi OZAKI, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Keisuke SATO, Masaki AMANO
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Publication number: 20170218117Abstract: Provided is a polymeric piezoelectric film containing an optically active helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, in which a crystallinity obtained by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%, and the product of the crystallinity and a standardized molecular orientation MORc when a reference thickness measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter is set to 50 ?m is from 25 to 700, and in which a surface roughness of at least one plane in terms of a non-contact three-dimensional surface roughness Sa measured by a confocal laser microscope is from 0.040 ?m to 0.105 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Keisuke SATO, Toshihisa KITAGAWA, Katsutoshi OZAKI
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Patent number: 8728910Abstract: To provide an olefinic expandable substrate and a dicing film that exhibits less contamination characteristics, high expandability without necking, which cannot be achieved by conventional olefinic expandable substrates. In order to achieve the object, an expandable film comprises a 1-butene-?-olefin copolymer (A) having a tensile modulus at 23° C. of 100 to 500 MPa and a propylenic elastomer composition (B) comprising a propylene-?-olefin copolymer (b1) and having a tensile modulus at 23° C. of 10 to 50 MPa, wherein the amount of the component (B) is 30 to 70 weight parts relative to 100 weight parts in total of components (A) and (B).Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Eiji Hayashishita, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Mitsuru Sakai, Setsuko Oike
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Patent number: 8476740Abstract: To provide a semiconductor wafer surface protection sheet having good adhesion to irregularities on a patterned surface of a semiconductor wafer and having good peelability after wafer grinding. Specifically, a semiconductor wafer surface protection sheet is provided that includes a base layer having a tensile elasticity at 25° C., E(25), of 1 GPa or more; a resin layer A that satisfies the condition EA(60)/EA(25)<0.1, where EA(25) is a tensile elasticity at 25° C. and EA(60) is a tensile elasticity at 60° C., the EA(60) ranging from 0.005 MPa to 1 MPa; and a resin layer B having a tensile elasticity at 60° C., EB(60), of 1 MPa or more and having a thickness of 0.1 ?m to less than 100 ?m, the EB(60) being larger than the EA(60) of the resin layer A.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, Inc.Inventors: Eiji Hayashishita, Yoshihisa Saimoto, Makoto Kataoka, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Mitsuru Sakai
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Publication number: 20120309170Abstract: To provide an olefinic expandable substrate and a dicing film that exhibits less contamination characteristics, high expandability without necking, which cannot be achieved by conventional olefinic expandable substrates. In order to achieve the object, an expandable film comprises a 1-butene-?-olefin copolymer (A) having a tensile modulus at 23° C. of 100 to 500 MPa and a propylenic elastomer composition (B) comprising a propylene-?-olefin copolymer (b1) and having a tensile modulus at 23° C. of 10 to 50 MPa, wherein the amount of the component (B) is 30 to 70 weight parts relative to 100 weight parts in total of components (A) and (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Eiji Hayashishita, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Mitsuru Sakai, Setsuko Oike
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Publication number: 20120273975Abstract: To provide a semiconductor wafer surface protection sheet having good adhesion to irregularities on a patterned surface of a semiconductor wafer and having good peelability after wafer grinding. Specifically, a semiconductor wafer surface protection sheet is provided that includes a base layer having a tensile elasticity at 25 C°, E(25), of 1 GPa or more; a resin layer A that satisfies the condition EA(60)/EA(25) <0.1, where EA(25) is a tensile elasticity at 2 C° and EA(60) is a tensile elasticity at 60° C., the EA(60) ranging from 0.005 MPa to 1 MPa; and a resin layer B having a tensile elasticity at 60° C., EB(60), of 1 MPa or more and having a thickness of 0.1 ?m to less than 100 ?m, the EB(60) being larger than the EA(60) of the resin layer A.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: Mitsui Chemcials Tohcello Inc.Inventors: Eiji Hayashishita, Yoshihisa Saimoto, Makoto Kataoka, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Mitsuru Sakai
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Publication number: 20100135958Abstract: A method of treating and/or preventing cancer in a subject, preferably mammalian, more preferably human, by administering in an effective amount IL-21 polypeptide, polynucleotide, vector comprising an IL-21 nucleic acid sequence encoding an IL-21 polypeptide, variants, and fragments thereof, thereby acting as an anti-cancer agent by reducing, ameliorating, and/or eliminating the cancer; and a method of treating and/or preventing cancer in a subject by co-administering the IL-21 polypeptide, polynucleotide, IL-21 vector, variant, and fragments thereof, with an immunotherapeutic and/or chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment and/or prevention of cancer in a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2010Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicants: AND HUMAN SERVICESInventors: Patrick Hwu, Gang Wang, Warren Leonard, Rosanne Spolski, Katsutoshi Ozaki
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Patent number: 7402659Abstract: The present invention provides Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Receptor (TSLPR) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TSLPR polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TSLPR polypeptides.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignees: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, The Government of the United States of America, Health Research Inc., Roswell Park Division, University of WashingtonInventors: Akhilesh Pandey, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Heinz Baumann, Steven D. Levin, Andrew G. Farr, Warren J. Leonard, Harvey F. Lodish
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Publication number: 20080166338Abstract: A transgenic mouse is disclosed herein whose somatic and germ cells comprise a disrupted IL-21 receptor gene, the disruption being sufficient to inhibit the binding of IL-21 to an IL-21 receptor, and a disrupted IL-4 gene, the disruption being sufficient to inhibit the production of IL-4 or the binding of IL-4 to the IL-4 receptor. A mouse homozygous for the disrupted IL-21 receptor gene and homozygous for the disrupted IL-4 gene has diminished B cell function. A method is disclosed for altering a B cell activity. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that interferes with the interaction of IL-21 with an IL-21 receptor, thereby altering the B cell activity. A method is also disclosed for of treating a subject with Job's disorder or atopic disease. A method is also disclosed for treating or preventing an allergic reaction in a subject. A method is also disclosed for treating a subject with an autoimmune or antibody mediated disorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Gov. of the USA, represented by the Secretary , Depa.Inventors: Warren J. Leonard, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Rosanne Spolski, Herbert C. Morse, Peter E. Lipsky, Derry Roopenian
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Patent number: 7332645Abstract: A transgenic mouse is disclosed herein whose somatic and germ cells comprise a disrupted IL-21 receptor gene, the disruption being sufficient to inhibit the binding of IL-21 to an IL-21 receptor, and a disrupted IL-4 gene, the disruption being sufficient to inhibit the production of IL-4 or the binding of IL-4 to the IL-4 receptor. A mouse homozygous for the disrupted IL-21 receptor gene and homozygous for the disrupted IL-4 gene has diminished B cell function. A method is disclosed for altering a B cell activity. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that interferes with the interaction of IL-21 with an IL-21 receptor, thereby altering the B cell activity. A method is also disclosed for of treating a subject with Job's disorder or atopic disease. A method is also disclosed for treating or preventing an allergic reaction in a subject. A method is also disclosed for treating a subject with an autoimmune or antibody mediated disorder.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Warren J. Leonard, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Rosanne Spolski
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Publication number: 20070172649Abstract: An adhesive material and a pressure sensitive adhesive film containing the same of the present invention are characterized in that they satisfy the following requirements (a) and (b). These adhesive material and pressure sensitive adhesive film of the present invention exhibit excellent stability against not only light and heat but also various chemicals. Consequently, they are suitable applications in surface protection uses, transport storage uses, heating treatment uses, grinding/polishing uses, cutting processing uses and transport/storage uses in the fields of electronic/semiconductor materials, optical/display materials and the like, where demands for performances and qualities are strict. The above requirements are: (a) an olefinic polymer is contained, and (b) by measurement according to a differential scanning calorimetry test, the melting temperature Tm is in the range of 80° C. to 180° C. and the heat of fusion ?H is at least 1 J/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2005Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Shin Aihara, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Ryoji Mori, Masumi Saruwatari, Takashi Yokoyama
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Patent number: 6955895Abstract: The present invention provides Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Receptor (TSLPR) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TSLPR polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TSLPR polypeptides.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignees: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Government of the United States of America, Health Research Inc. Rosewell Park DivisionInventors: Akhilesh Pandey, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Heinz Baumann, Steven D. Levin, Andrew G. Farr, Warren J. Leonard, Harvey F. Lodish
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Publication number: 20050193434Abstract: A transgenic mouse is disclosed herein whose somatic and germ cells comprise a disrupted IL-21 receptor gene, the disruption being sufficient to inhibit the binding of IL-21 to an IL-21 receptor, and a disrupted IL-4 gene, the disruption being sufficient to inhibit the production of IL-4 or the binding of IL-4 to the IL-4 receptor. A mouse homozygous for the disrupted IL-21 receptor gene and homozygous for the disrupted IL-4 gene has diminished B cell function. A method is disclosed for altering a B cell activity. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that interferes with the interaction of IL-21 with an IL-21 receptor, thereby altering the B cell activity. A method is also disclosed for of treating a subject with Job's disorder or atopic disease. A method is also disclosed for treating or preventing an allergic reaction in a subject. A method is also disclosed for treating a subject with an autoimmune or antibody mediated disorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventors: Warren Leonard, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Rosanne Spolski, Herbert Morse, Peter Lipsky, Derry Roopenian
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Publication number: 20050170410Abstract: The present invention provides Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Receptor (TSLPR) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TSLPR polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TSLPR polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2005Publication date: August 4, 2005Inventors: Akhilesh Pandey, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Heinz Baumann, Steven Levin, Andrew Farr, Warren Leonard, Harvey Lodish
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Publication number: 20050170459Abstract: The present invention provides Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Receptor (TSLPR) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TSLPR polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TSLPR polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2005Publication date: August 4, 2005Inventors: Akhilesh Pandey, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Heinz Baumann, Steven Levin, Andrew Farr, Warren Leonard, Harvey Lodish
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Publication number: 20020160949Abstract: The present invention provides Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Receptor (TSLPR) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TSLPR polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TSLPR polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2001Publication date: October 31, 2002Applicant: Whitehead Institute for BiomedicalInventors: Akhilesh Pandey, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Heinz Baumann, Steven D. Levin, Andrew G. Farr, Warren J. Leonard, Harvey F. Lodish